QGIS Tutorials and Tips

QGIS is a popular open-source GIS with advanced capabilities. Here is a series of tutorials and tips that show you how to how to use it to tackle common GIS problems.

You may use these tutorials as a self-paced course to learn the software thoroughly. However, each section is fairly independent, so those familiar with QGIS can jump into any section .

Note

If you are an educator, see Teaching QGIS for using these tutorials to teach QGIS.

• Getting Started

  • Making a Map
  • Working with Attributes
  • Importing Spreadsheets or CSV files

• QGIS Basics

  • Using Plugins

• Basics GIS operations

  • Basic Vector Styling
  • Basic Raster Styling and Analysis
  • Raster Mosaicing and Clipping
  • Working with Terrain Data
  • Working with WMS Data
  • Georeferencing Topo Sheets and Scanned Maps
  • Georeferencing Aerial Imagery

• Intermediate GIS operations

  • Performing Table Joins
  • Points in Polygon Analysis
  • Performing Spatial Queries
  • Creating Heatmaps

• Advanced GIS operations

  • Nearest Neighbor Analysis